Clinical guidelines and standards

You can see the College's guidelines, standards for the development of guidelines and ways to get involved on our Clinical guidelines and standards page

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Screening of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) - clinical guideline

ROP is one of the few causes of childhood visual disability that is largely preventable. This evidence-based guideline is by RCPCH in collaboration with Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) and British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM), published in 2022 and revised in October 2024. ...

Neonatal medicine

Perinatal medicine

Clinical guidelines and standards

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Introducing our new RCPCH Officers for Clinical Standards and Quality Improvement

28 April 2021

In April 2021, Dr Raj Krishnan and Dr Jan Dudley succeeded Dr John Alexander as RCPCH Officers for Clinical Standards and Quality Improvement in a new job-share role. Raj and Jan share their thoughts as they take office and outline their aspirations and priorities for the next three years.

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New guidance on perplexing presentations and fabricated or induced illness in children

2 March 2021

The RCPCH has today launched new guidance for paediatricians on Perplexing Presentations (PP), Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII) in Children. This updates the College’s 2009 guidance and aims to support paediatricians when involved with these sometimes very difficult cases.

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Clinical guideline directory

The guideline directory contains a full list of paediatric guidelines published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), as well as those from other Royal Colleges or paediatric specialty groups which meet the standar...

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Clinical guidelines process manual - Setting standards for development of clinical guidelines in paediatrics and child health

This manual, updated in April 2020, describes our process to develop high standard clinical guidelines, and includes information on grading evidence, consensus methods, dissemination and implementation. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) accredited the RCPCH guideline devel...

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Measures to address winter pressures such as a dedicated registrar and PDU cubicles - case study

Dr Amitabh Gite, Clinical Director of Paediatrics at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, outlines measures they implemented to address winter pressures, including a second registrar at night, a paediatric decision unit, increased nursing staff and ward clerk support.

Care setting

Clinical guidelines and standards

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RCPCH Progress+ domain resources: Clinical procedures

All doctors need the practical skills to perform clinical procedures for safe, effective patient care – adapting to meet the needs of the infant, child or young person. Consultant and trainee paediatricians explore how to continually learn and develop skills in procedures for this curriculum domain.

Clinical guidelines and standards

Paediatric training

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NPDA report published

9 May 2019

The new 2017-18 National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) report shows continued improvement in some aspects of diabetes care, but also highlights persistent variability in outcomes across England and Wales: more work is required to reduce inequality.

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Focus magazine for members - autumn 2018

9 October 2018

Read about child health and the political landscape, the new ICYP Engagement committee, new course series, neonatal care findings and more…

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National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) - data submission

We are now accepting data submissions for the 2026–27 audit year on the NPDA platform. We encourage all units to continue submitting data on a quarterly basis throughout the audit year. The 2025–26 audit cycle has now closed. The data submission deadlines for each quarter are listed on this pa...

Endocrinology

Community services

Diabetes

Clinical guidelines and standards